Rail-joint.



J. MILLER.

RAILJOINT.

APPLIIZATION men mmz. 19KB- ]ratented 1060;, 4,1917.

JOSEPHINE MILLER, OF AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 12, 1916. Serial No. 71,676.

Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and has for itsobject to provide a rail chair so formed that the use of bolts and nutsis eliminated.

Another object of the invention is to pro vi de a boltlcss rail chairand means whereby the rails may be prevented from creeping therethrough.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a boltless railchair having a combined means for preventing the creeping of either thechair or rails.

With the above and other objects in view which will be hereinafter morefully explained, I have invented the device illus trated in theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of myinvention shown in operative connection with a pair of rail ends,

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on line AA Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line BB Fig. 1, and,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the invention.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout thespecification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1indicates a rail chair which consists of a base 1' having integral sidewalls 2 and 3 which are shaped to form a housing 4 for the bases 5 andthe webs 6 of the rail ends 7 and 8, said walls 2 and 3 seating snuglyagainst the surfaces of said bases and webs which are exposed thereto.Ordinarily the great impact of a train against the rails 7.

and 8 would cause said rails to gradually creep out of the chair 1 andthereby prove of great danger but I have overcome this difliculty byproviding the opening 9 which extends transversely through the centralportion of the base portion of the chair a slot 10 being provided in thebase 1 to aline with the opening 9. A bar or strap 11 is inserted insaid opening 9 and the lower edge 12 thereof projects into said slot 10directly between the bases of the rail ends 7 and 8 which are notched toform a channel coincident with the slot 10, thus absolutely preventingrelative movement of either the rails or the chair. The ends 13 and 14cof the bar 11 are bent against the sides of the chair after the bar hasbeen seated in place thus preventing accidental removal of the same. henit is desired to disconnect the rail joint all that is necessary to dois to remove the bar 11 and spikes 15 then drive the chairlongitudinally along one of the rails until the joint is reached whenthe rails and chair may readily be separated. As an additionalprecaution to hold the chair in place vertical recesses 16 are providedin the edges thereof to receive the spikes 15 however, for ordinary usethese recesses are not essential as the bar 11 will prevent relativemovement of the chair and rails, but on railroads where the traiiic isexceptionally heavy these slots become of great assistance in holdingthe chair in its proper place.

Having now described my invention that which I claim to be new anddesire to procure by Letters Patent is 1. The described deviceconsisting of a chair having integral bottom and side walls betweenwhich rail ends are adapted to seat, a slot formed in the base of saidchair and extending below the bottom surface of the rails and a barseated in said slot to prevent relative movement between the chair andrails.

2. The described device consisting of a chair having integral bottom andside walls between which rail ends are adapted to seat, a slot formed inthe base of said chair and extending below the bottom surface of therails and a bar seated in said slot to prevent relative movement betweenthe chair and rails, said bar projecting beyond both sides of said chairand adapted to be bent down at one end whereby it is retained inposition.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPHINE MILLER.

Witnesses JAooB GnoMLY, CLARK BOYER.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

Patented Dec. a, 191W...

